“р╕Др╕зр╕▓р╕бр╕гр╕╕р╕Щр╣Бр╕гр╕Зр╕Лр╣Ир╕нр╕Щ/р╕лр╕▓р╕кр╕▒р╕Зр╕Др╕бр╣Др╕Чр╕в” р╕Кр╕▒р╕вр╕зр╕▒р╕Тр╕Щр╣М р╕кр╕Цр╕▓р╕нр╕Щр╕▒р╕Щр╕Чр╣М, р╕Ър╕гр╕гр╕Ур╕▓р╕Шр╕┤р╕Бр╕▓р╕г (Seeking hidden violence in Thai society / editor, Chaiwat Satha-Anand). This one is a collection of six research papers published in November 2010 discussing the reality behind Thailand’s “peaceful” society, with case studies from recent history. The papers represent the second year of a project funded by the Thailand Research Fund (р╕кр╕│р╕Щр╕▒р╕Бр╕Зр╕▓р╕Щр╕Бр╕нр╕Зр╕Чр╕╕р╕Щр╕кр╕Щр╕▒р╕Ър╕кр╕Щр╕╕р╕Щр╕Бр╕▓р╕гр╕зр╕┤р╕Ир╕▒р╕в).

We are living in a crooked society that’s why everyone is a crook. Why we are at this point is not because of an individual work of art here but of political structure as a whole that is falling apart.

to Luecha Na Malai, how dare you say that you are “sorry to say that many of my compatriots do not really practice Buddhism. Instead, they choose to behave like crooks”! What about the muslims, the animists, the christians, the atheists, are they crooks for not practicing Buddhism. I’m sorry, but the expectation that people must behave in a particular way or be labled crooks is at the very heart of the problem. Cutural uniformity is not the answer, rather tolerant diversity is. People should behave as citizens, with or without religion.